Here and Now...What's Happening?

[Carmody]

Posted by ulli (here)

Posted by araucaria (here)
Thank you Ulli,I am touched by your kindness and enjoy your sens de l'humour

I did have some notion of Venus the spirograph and Mercury's intestinal convulsions, but your explanation is very helpful. We need people like you to keep an eye on these revolutionary retrogrades or retrograde revolutionaries - they sound like politicians

To be fair here, it's not only politicians. It's ordinary people, too. How many people get inside their car to go somewhere and then retrograde back into their house to retrieve another forgotten item.
It happens to me as well as others I know. Not only due to memory dysfunction, but also the fact that life has become more complex and one is carrying around more gear.

when we were young, we had to learn how the muscles worked. Then how to synchronize their motions. to walk, hold our bowels and bladder,and so on. later, to hold our drink.

Point is, that after a while, things become automatic or begin to enter autonomous function.

When we forget where our car is parked and if we locked the door or not,and so on, these can be not just forgetfulness tied to the idea of age, but the idea of them entering autonomous function. Where complex tasks are relegated to being autonomous and in the short term memory function.

recall, the very first thing we learned how to do, was to operate the avatar, as an incarnate looking through the window of the avatar.

We can remember that all over again, if we try. And through that door of making it conscious again, everything we feel we may have lost..can be found. it is not the only way, but it is one of them.

[Carmody]

Posted by modwiz (here)
Here and now, I look forward to embarking on a new future made possible by the shedding of old habits that no longer served me and only held me back. Shared realities are very tricksy and often the obstacle that blocks us most. Adjustments vary according to the needs of the creators of those realities.

I await my own death, with baited breath. Problem is, my family line tends to love/live for a long time. So I've got a bit of time before I'm free again.

Lessons are best learned here, while incarnate, that is the very point of being immersed in time. Sucks to be here, but wouldn't want to be anywhere else, either. At least for now. Maybe. Kinda. Sorta.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3qFIaI1M5kU

[Carmody]

Second longest 'still together' lineup band in the world. Second only to ZZ Top. Not by much, either.

when I heard this one, It was 'radar love', to most folks. I flipped the album and then saw the title of this song...'Vanilla Queen'...hmm... so I dropped the needle, and my eyes went big. You can keep 'radar love', I'll take this one, long before and long after. Radar Love is nice, but this is something else altogether.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=HKfETKRJC_M

I think I did this post a while back, though. Oh well. Such is life.

in some ways...I'm walking in circles, waiting for folks to catch up. Sooner or later I'll be behind and that will have it's own feeling. Can't happen soon enough. Then on the the next thing.

[ulli]

The caption was The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse:
(I needed to look at something to make me feel young again)

[ulli]

I used to love this band.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=k7MQ5rxUZsc

[ulli]

I wanted to be a location scout so I took Rosie all over Barbados for the shooting of this video, but had to cut short to pick up my son from Kindergarten.
Memories from 26 years ago, unbelievable. Like yesterday.
Rosie Vela!!!!

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cwaiZL51H6I

[Guest]

Since I was a small child there has been a current silently ripple in my life. Many traditional Native American and a couple of traditional Celtic people and elders have woven in and out of the tapestry of my life through the years; shaping and directing me in ways I would later come to understand. Most of them were chance encounters but two -in my early 20's I lived with a Native American Grandmother for a while on one of the four reservations I grew up next to.

The other was a Yaqui elder who taught Northern Native American Indian studies and cultural diversity at the college I was attending in 1999. We became good friends and he shared a lot of his life with me. His family was part of the 1950-1960's Native American Relocation act. He was also involved in Wounded Knee 1973. He moved back to his Native homeland with his people and earned two degrees from the University.

The highlight of my days back then was spending time with this humble man in his traditionally adorned office after classes and listening to him talk about some of his people's ways and his views on life.

One of the requirements in his class was watching the movie Dreamkeeper -which aired in the Americas and internationally in 2003.

Later on I found out that he was a very cherished and loved leader, visionary and medicine man for his tribe.

Part 1 of Dreamkeeper

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=UdmvT3sWgcY

Love


Nora

[astrid]

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bX32U_hfri4

[araucaria]

Posted by justoneman (here)

Posted by ulli (here)
There are many dimensions. Anyone can live a normal life, yet within still be the dimension of synchronicity.
They will begin to multiply for anyone who is astonished when they happen, and pays attention to them. anyone who is really interested in them.
it wasn't always like that, for me it began after reading a book by Arthur Koestler called The Roots of Coincidence.

The more one thinks about them the more they start to happen. They also happen more if one is living in the present, and focuses on ones life in a proper way. Knowing that it will end one day, and operating with that knowledge.
Observing what goes on in the immediate vicinity without going off on speculations, or worrying too much about other people's business. I started this thread to show people how it is possible to make life more wondrous. Especially in the first few hundred pages there were quite a few accounts about synchronicities, particularly from Transiten, a Swedish member of Avalon.

Hi, Ulli. It is very important that it be understood here and now that what I am about to post is simply and only my own personal experience, my own personal path as to questions I asked myself regarding synchronicity and the answers I have received so far in my still incomplete exploration. The key point is "still incomplete" and a point to make about that is I do not want my investigation (as of now) ever to end.

I went through various stages in relation to synchronicity. The first stage was when I started to discover profound synchronicities that appeared to have meaning and I believed this was "god" talking to me. Not to jump ahead of where I want to go with this post, but I found that my original conclusion was either outright wrong or very incomplete.

I then went through a stage that I concluded synchronicity was simply "god" saying hello and confirming that "god" is there and I am metaphorically holding the hand of "god" when I am in sync and "god" is rewarding me (like patting a good dog on the head and giving the dog a hug) by providing me these wonderful confirmation experiences that something profound, something far beyond chance and something that has a personal component to it is being handed directly to me from what I can only describe as the Universe itself and perhaps some "master" behind it. Then came the rub. I had to deal with the specialness aspect of it. Why me? Why am I being gifted so often, so profoundly? The ego loved the dilemma as it had me firmly entrapped in the grips of its lowest "self."

Somehow though I survived this stage as well (and it was truly a close call). I liken this experience to that of a talented artist, actor, musician, etc. that even though they may have true talent, they cannot get past the stage fright. For comparison sake, I would call myself the Syd Barrett of synchronicity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Barrett

well... I am not going to call myself Syd anymore.

If you would like me to begin sharing my stories of synchronicity I am ready to do so. Be warned, many will not believe these stories. But it doesn't matter to me anymore who believes what as far as my ego is concerned. Be warned, some might start to conclude I might be offensively grand standing. If that situation arose, I would be happy to stop posting... not interesting in showing anyone up.

Perhaps I should do this in my own thread - that would probably be the wisest approach. I already have a title (suggested by a fellow member of Avalon) - "The Chester Show." The only requirement for admission is an attempt to check the ego at the door. Oooops, somehow I know just saying that has "egos" raising the DEFCON level to orange (Level 2)... Note I have my own DEFCON system and I use colors (like the terrorist alert system) - Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red. Blue of course is the most peaceful level and red is... well red rhymes with dead so if we start to see the earth (or what remains of it) in our rear view mirror, we hit code red.

Anyways, now that my ramblings have quelled the self created storm and we find ourselves in green or blue... I will await any responses that might suggest if I should do this in a separate thread or instead in the village.

Love to All and have a Great Day (or rest of the Day for those east of the Atlantic)

justone

Hi Chester
Synchronicity can be much more than the universe telling us we’re doing ok, it can seen as proof positive that you are making your own reality. A while back, in a piece I wrote I quoted Jung’s scarab beetle episode as an example of this. You remember the story: he was about to explain the symbolism of this beetle to an incredulous woman who had dreamt of one when there was a tap on the window and in walked this rare scarab beetle. This was more than just saying that the beetle symbolism was important, it was an actual of the way concrete reality is an external form of our internal issues.

Another section of that same piece was about the sea urchin (not a common occurrence as you will readily believe). During the couple of weeks I worked on this piece, I heard a tap on my kitchen window (French window). It was our neighbor, back from a springtide shrimping expedition, with five sea urchins she didn’t like herself and would we like to try them. First impression: they must be an acquired taste

So my point is: synchronicities are not just signposts, they are literally food – you can eat ‘em for dinner

[ulli]

Posted by araucaria (here)

Hi Chester
Synchronicity can be much more than the universe telling us we’re doing ok, it can seen as proof positive that you are making your own reality. A while back, in a piece I wrote I quoted Jung’s scarab beetle episode as an example of this. You remember the story: he was about to explain the symbolism of this beetle to an incredulous woman who had dreamt of one when there was a tap on the window and in walked this rare scarab beetle. This was more than just saying that the beetle symbolism was important, it was an actual of the way concrete reality is an external form of our internal issues.

Another section of that same piece was about the sea urchin (not a common occurrence as you will readily believe). During the couple of weeks I worked on this piece, I heard a tap on my kitchen window (French window). It was our neighbor, back from a springtide shrimping expedition, with five sea urchins she didn’t like herself and would we like to try them. First impression: they must be an acquired taste

So my point is: synchronicities are not just signposts, they are literally food – you can eat ‘em for dinner

Synchronicities are an automatic side effect when a person becomes inwardly unified.
They are signposts initially, when someone has the odd reality check.
Later on, when honesty with the self becomes habitual, never allowing lies and self deceit and buying into them synchronicities become more frequent and manifestations of ones wishes occur.

None of this works without inner unification which starts by first observing oneself to spot one's own contradictions.
Then stopping all expression of negative emotions, no more complaining, but instead following the trail of ones desires.
Other people will oppose one, with accusations of selfishness. This is a good sign because it means that one is getting out of their selfish fangs.
I also saw when I went through that phase that I was becoming boring to others, and that was the most difficult part for me.
The ulli show had to stop. It took a few years, at least. That does not mean that there can't be another ulli show again....look at me now. But this is the new, transformed ulli. Transformation is possible if one can be patient with oneself and have someone to give encouragement to stick it out, because in the end it's all worth it.

[ViralSpiral]

Here and now, thinking of Calz

[Belle]

Happy Birthday, Calz!

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=SiXCZ-Ew0b0

*No eggs were harmed in the making of this video....

[ulli]

I would be happy to have Calz return so we can throw him a huge party, but it appears that his birthday will be celebrated elsewhere.
Maybe the forum for this site (haven't checked if there even is a forum) will be hosting it.
Anyway, if you are out there, Calz, many happy returns of the day.

http://www.sott.net/article/251816-T...mes-Prophecies

[ulli]

Posted by astrid (here)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bX32U_hfri4

Fantastic spirit. Thanks Astrid

[PurpleLama]

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=RcZn2-bGXqQ

[Guest]

It's the coolest man I mean the most interesting in the world birthday. Where are you?



Happy Birthday Calz


Love


Nora

[Lisab]

When I was child on my 8th maybe 9th birthday, one of my dad's mad hippy mates handed me a little velvet pouch full of stones engraved with strange markings. "I think it's some sort of puzzle" he said. Turned out to be my first set of rune stones which I took to immediately. Signs and portents my whole life!

[Lisab]

Happy birthday Calz, you are loved and missed x

[Lisab]

Took my little one to the cinema today to see Madagasga 3. It was worth the 24 bucks just to see The Hobbit trailer! So excited, can't wait!

[araucaria]

Posted by ulli (here)

Posted by markoid (here)
I have been in lurk mode lately, but this village is still my favorite place to visit and in fact 'plug into'... it has that certain je ne sais quoi that only some threads have, thanks to all who this way come

While studying my Gurdjieff books I came across something he said, which I didn't understand at the time, but now I do.
He said somewhere that simply talking about consciousness would cause people to wake up, and instantly raise their level of consciousness.

The same thing is true for the topic of "Here and Now"....it takes us out of all speculation mode, imagination, plotting, and figuring are partially suspended and replaced by an awareness of one's immediate reality.
I.e., Here I am, sitting at my computer, sending out signals into the ether which can be then picked up by a dozen or so people within planetary range.
That awareness might then make me think that the people who I am communicating with are special, which no doubt they/you are, but even more than that:
it is that connection to Reality that puts ME in touch with the real ME, and YOU in touch with the real YOU....
and therein lies that je ne sais quoi.
The encounter with the higher Self.

Just stumbled on this post from last year. We call metalanguage language about language. The previous sentence is metametalanguage because it is language about metalanguage This is either the start of an infinite regress or just playing silly games. My point is that it is built into the concept of consciousness, which is almost by definition meta-consciousness or self-consciousness. Sartre says, 'the only way for consciousness to exist is to be conscious of existing'. This is the positive feedback that has been mistakenly (fraudulently) transposed to climate 'science', climate being a system achieving balance through negative feedback.

Animals are conscious. Primitive humans were/are conscious of being conscious while remaining ignorant of what consciousness is. Higher intelligences are conscious of their consciousness, i.e both aware of the content and understanding the mechanism.